Walnut Cove News

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Nov 9-13: Alexander Lot 31 of The Hills of French Broad, $132,000, Jeri S. and Patrick Davis to Richard A. and Lydia Stewart 63 High Valley Drive, $238,000, Daisy M. and Scott P. Settle-Chesser to Kim Evetts Merck Arden Lot 2 of Baldwin Cove, $207,500, G. Jean Graham to Susan S. Lee ...

Mike Joyce, the sheriff of Stokes County since 1990, will not seek re-election next year, he said yesterday.

The office of the Stokes County fire marshal has started a fire-safety program to help people with physical challenges, the need for which was underscored recently when an elderly blind woman died in a fire at her house in Walnut Cove.

Hundreds of supporters gathered at downtown's Central Station Sunday evening for Harvest Celebration , the Memphis Farmers Market annual fund-raiser. It was quite the culinary event: tasting stations from 20 of the city's leading restaurants, lots of wine , and a unique auction for fun food stuff like pick-your-own strawberries, a party patio at ...

In 2008 Burt Myers proved that Southern Modified drivers had what it took to beat out their Northern brethren.

They are the two guys that most around Northeast racing would agree are the best two Modified drivers without full-time Whelen Modified Tour rides.

Parents of children who attend Cook Elementary School were happier last night after learning that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is backing off a plan that would require some Cook students to change schools next year.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Oct. 19-23.: Arden * Lot 2 of The Glen At Mills Gap, $410,000, Stephen M. and Melissa A. Banikes to Sharon C. and Robert John O'Neal Asheville * 38 Davenport Road, $155,000, Jane and Robert E. Dame III to William M. and Patricia Anna Dickson * 3 of Willoughby Run Drive, $144,500, ...

Relief may be on the way for people in Stokes County who are on the wrong end of the digital divide.

On Friday, October 16, after a busy week in Washington, United States Senator Richard Burr visited West Stokes High School.

Many paddlers would agree that the prettiest sections of the 200-mile-long Dan River are in Stokes County.

King has a new fire chief. Less than a month after the Sept. 11 retirement of former King Fire Chief Randy Williams, King City Manager John Cater has released the name of Williams' replacement.

Saturday's third annual Ridge Fest fulfilled its intended mission for residents of Sandy Ridge.

Asheville native Phil Blake, a real estate appraiser in Western North Carolina for the past 25 years, has opened Blake Appraisals.

With a home already in Richmond, Va., James 'Whitey' Lipscomb, on the recommendation of his son-in-law, decided to give the mountains of Western North Carolina a try.

Buncombe Property Transfers The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Sept.

It's a good day for Stokes County animal advocates. As of August 27, the Animal Shelter in Germanton, off Sizemore Road, is no longer using the gas chamber to euthanize cats and dogs.

The owner of a Forsyth County company that collects sales tax was arrested yesterday on charges of embezzlement, the N.C. Department of Revenue said in a news release.

The following transfers were filed in the Register of Deeds office Sept. 7-11. Arden * Lot 3 of The Cliffs At Walnut Cove, $260,000, Eric and Wendy Mattson to Robert J. and Juliann Duffy Asheville * 125 Springside Road, $235,000, Mitchell W. Walker to Howard Neal and Tammy Campbell * 0.32 acre on Pole Creasman Road, $152,500, She Properties LLC to ...

Army Pfc. Kenneth H. Evans has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, ...